3:23 PM,
Jan. 15, 2014

Construction crews work on the roof of The Village luxury apartments on Arrowcreek parkway on Jan. 13.

Written by

Bill O?Driscoll
bodriscoll@rgj.com

Home builders are "battling back" and expect a solid year ahead in Northern Nevada, a key industry official told a Reno audience this morning.

"We're finally seeing builders and subs (subcontractors) making a few bucks now," Mark Krueger, principal at ArchCrest Commercial Partners said at the annual forecast event of the Builders Association of Northern Nevada.

Krueger said he anticipates an estimated 1,150 new-home sales this year, up from 991 in 2013 and 780 in 2012. That's still well below the peak of 4,500 new homes in 2005 before the onset of recession, but Krueger ...